The Blockchain East summit and trade show, Beyond Cryptocurrency: Exploring the Business of Blockchain, took place in NYC this fall. DataArt has delivered dozens of blockchain solutions over the past several years, most of them for early adopters of DLT technology – start-ups and mid-size businesses.

Why is big data valuable? Because it’s big? Not really. In fact, very large datasets always come with a very large set of headaches. Storage, maintenance and management of very large datasets is not simple. And just having a lot of data doesn’t guarantee a lot of value.

When I talk to organizations about how they are using data visualization tools I am often struck by the fact that they use these tools mostly to generate charts and graphs that really aren’t all that different from what they could have created with standard business intelligence or desktop tools.

This month, as a service to all interested developers, Google posted a video so that everyone can see and hear what Developer Advocate Timothy Jordan had to say about Google Glass, when he spoke at the 2013 South by Southwest Interactive conference last month.

There are people who have the time and talent necessary to stare at columns and rows of data, plug in variables and use sophisticated software tools to help them understand and solve problems and visualize results.

In an effort to pick up the pace of research and development in AI, the U.S. military’s advanced concepts research wing is launching an initiative to design automated tools that will make it easier to not just program computers, but to help computers teach themselves.